Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)

AGM set to be no walk in the Park

- BY ANDY NEWPORT

DAVE KING has lit the fuse ahead of next month’s powderkeg Rangers AGM by revealing he’ll be voting against the re-election of chairman Douglas Park.

The former Ibrox chief has jetted back into Glasgow ahead of the December 6 shareholde­r summit to declare it’s time for a change at the top of the marble staircase.

The South Africabase­d tycoon made his claims during a Q&A session with supporters group Club 1872, where he also voiced fears that Rangers will be left behind if they do not find the fresh impetus needed to challenge Celtic’s domination of Scottish football.

Park is on the lookout for a new manager after sacking Gio van Bronckhors­t on Monday, with the Dutchman paying the price for allowing their Old Firm rivals to surge nine points clear and close in on an 11th title in the last 12 years.

Now King – who mounted an unsuccessf­ul attempt to dislodge Park’s son Graeme from the Ibrox boardroom at last year’s agm – is coming back for the main man.

Asked if fans should back the chairman’s re-election, the Castlemilk-born tycoon said: “What I would say is I’m not voting for that.

“The situation is recoverabl­e.

“We can be back winning the title but the way things are going at the moment, unless changes are made to the leadership of the board and the executive of the club, I fear we’ll be stagnating for a long time to come.”

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DISSENTER Former Rangers chief Dave King

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